WHAT IF?

Okay, that's it... Come on everyone. How long are we going to be sitting and thinking of miserable things. Yuck!!! Do you feel as if there is no hope in hell for you. Do you feel that there is no god, no faith, no nothing?? Do you feel as if you have no energy or life in you? Do you just want to sit and talk about your miserable life or your friend's problems or just feel like stating how you feel to all that you meet? Come On.... Let's be realistic here. There is more to life than just wallowing in misery and thinking of how to solve issues. So what do we do with our miserable state of mind. We cannot just get up and throw it. Nor can we ignore it; as a ruffled mind keeps sending waves and waves and waves of ..... Oh forget that. It's not worth the time and effort to go to all that misery.. So let us focus on how to get positive. Now to get positive, there are so many methods. You can do Art of Living, you can do Yoga, you can sign up to a gym if that is your thing and the list goes on. BUT.....

WHAT IF????????

Hmm many of you are wondering what the hell "What if" is about...

It's the What if program.

Hmm, what does it cost? Absolutely nothing. Hear me out while I write this.. Think of lists of things.

What if you can always be happy?

What if you can always lead a successful life?

What if you can always be a happy go lucky time with no worries in the world?

What if there is a solution to all your problems?

What if you could just exchange your life for another person?

What if the list could go on? And it can.. So let's me ask you the last question? What if you can always be CALM, COOL and COLLECTED?

Is that not what we require for a peace of mind? Is that not what we need to ensure that we have solutions to all our problems. Its not that a state of mind where we can attain some level of happiness?

YES IT IS. How do we do it? For the next three days there are simple excercises on a day to day basis. For the next three days, you do not worry about how you will pay your rent, or how you will sort out the issue at work, or how you will take your child to their extra curricular activities. All you have to focus about is: yourself. YOU, YOURSELF and YOU. Yes- you have to work and yes- you have to handle your household activities, Yes- you have your responsiblities but for these three days for your mental health, when your mind wanders, just focus on the immediate second that you have. Do not think of past, future or anything. Just focus on the second you have during the three days.

Day ONE: Calm: Lets try this now? Close your eyes and breathe deeply and exhale as slow as you can. Think of nothing, keep your mind free of any clutter. All you should see is your eyes closed and not hear your mind at all. Do 20 reps of this. Throughout the day keep a temperature check on your emotions, whenever you feel upset or distracted, keep doing this . At night before you go to sleep, just analyse how you felt before and after the twenty rep sessions.

DAY TWO: Cool: Do the excercise from DAY ONE. Now are you ready for some fun, call one of your friends. Closest friend and just meet up for a coffee, or even better, go out for a movie. During the call or the ride to wherever you are going, you do not discuss anything serious and tell your friend that as well. Make it a day of fun. Just go and do crazy stuff like play in the arcades or talk about the latest Bolly Goss, Whatever it is, just make it a day of fun. At night before you go to sleep, evaluate how you are feeling. See how your mind is. I am sure you will be cool as a cucumber.

Day THREE: Collected: Do the Breathing excercise from DAY ONE. Now Remember the issue that you had three days ago. Is it that prominent in your mind. Or is it just another small problem you can work out. Think of how you felt three days ago and think of now? The issue should not be a big problem as you are now rejuvenated and recollected. So your thoughts should be clearer and your actions should be clearer. That is the point of day three, you should be collected or all together in your mind and body...

CALM, COOL and COLLECTED is a series of workshops to motivate individuals. It has been written, tested and delivered to many companies under a company called EMPOWER ONLINE. It's a company that strives to empower people in becoming what they envision themselves to be. If you are interested in this, please do send me a mail and I will forward to the approrpriate parties. The article is based on one of the training modules that they had created and I had undergone.